Law Enforcement

Kendall County detectives are investigating a drive-by shooting that occurred about 6 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of Laurie Lane in an unincorporated area near Oswego, authorities said. No one was hurt when "numerous" shots were fired into a home, and police determined the victim and suspect knew each other and had been involved in a "physical altercation" earlier at a bar in Aurora, according to a release from the Kendall County Sheriff's Office. Police then found the suspect and said there was no known threat to the public, the release said. Sheriff's deputies were dispatched about 5:59 a.m. to a report of shots fired at a residence, where they were...

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